I would like to point out that some of the actions that the police or prosecution took against Shane Mitchell are dubious at best. One is that the policewoman who took Shane's statements kept trying to put words into his mouth, according to Sandra Lean's book. "In court, Shane tried very hard to explain that it was she [FLO Michelle Lindsay] who was the single most influential factor in interfering with his recall-she would not accept any of his answers to her initial questioning." Two is that the roadblock incident, in which Shane was handcuffed IIRC. Three is the very idea of charging a witness with perverting the course of justice (unless one has incontrovertible evidence of this). It smacks of witness intimidation by the state. Four is showing Shane Mitchell the photographs without warning when he was called to give evidence. There was no legitimate reason to do so, but there surely was an illegitimate reason. These issues exist apart from Luke's guilt or innocence.